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""If you are a parent or plan to be, read this book. You'll learn what you can do—and there is a lot you can do—to help your child succeed in the fullest sense of the word. Beautifully written, impeccably crafted. I loved it.""
—Angela Duckworth
""The Formula is for all parents who want to be powerful advocates and strategic partners for their kids. Refreshingly practical, it unpacks what parents of high-achieving adults did to help their children be successful and happy. I recognize so many of these traits in my wonderful parents.""
—Dr. Bridget Terry Long, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
""With over 40 years of education experience, I have learned that a child's success isn't solely dependent on grades or standardized tests. Success, starts first and foremost at home, with parents that support an intrinsic motivation for their children to reach their fullest potential. However, just as children have different learning styles, parents, as well, have different parentingstyles. The Formula masterfully combines the latest research with compelling, real-life stories and introduces us to different parenting styles and provides a formula for teaching, motivating, and empowering successful children.""
—John D. Couch, Apple's first VP of Education and coauthor of Rewiring Education
The Formula pursues an important question that social scientists, preoccupied with explaining the problematic outcomes of childhood, seldom address: the role parents play in developing children—regardless of their race, class, or national origin—who become extraordinarily successful in life. Ferguson and Robertson's compelling analysis of data collected on the life stories of interesting people who change the world is a must-read.""
—William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University
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About the Author
Tatsha Robertson, MA, is an award-winning editor and writer with more than 20 years of experience handling investigative, feature, and news stories for leading magazines and newspapers. As the first female New York City Bureau Chief and National Rover for the Boston Globe, she began studying how parents raise successful children some ten years ago. She pioneered Essence magazine's focus on investigative and news articles, which led to the positioning of the magazine as a significant authority and voice on news and led to an interview with President Obama on parenting. Most recently, she was a senior editor at People, where she focused on crime stories. She has been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University since 2005. Ms. Robertson has been a frequent guest on national media, appearing on programs like TODAY and for television networks that include CNN, HLN, FOX, and MSNBC. A prolific writer, Robertson recently co-authored Media Circus with Kim Goldman. She is also completing a thriller. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and earned a bachelor's degree at Morris College and a master's degree in journalism at The Ohio State University.
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5.0 out of 5 stars “The Formula” in the hands of every parent. Every child has the potential for a successful lif
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to read
I enjoyed reading this book
5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for parents and every member of a child's village!
As an active and involved aunt to two nieces and three nephews, I was looking for advice to support my siblings' efforts at setting up their children for success. "The Formula" is a thoughtfully written guide for when to allow your children to struggle to learn on their own and when to nudge them along, the importance of play in learning and development and fostering the passion for learning. An enjoyable must-read.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on how to parent successful kids
This is a fascinating study...the result of 15 years of research. The findings validate what some parents instinctively know. There are things you can do to give your child a strong foundation regardless of family income, race, or socio-economic circumstances. These are universal truths. Reading together from a young age, for example. So many helpful insights. This is an important and ground-breaking book.
4.0 out of 5 stars A common sense, well provinanced book on parenting exceptional children
I received this book specifically to write a review of it, but I do my best to be honest and open in all my reviews.(Please see the enclosed pictures.)The premise of the book is that exceptionally performing adults start as children, and that if those children are raised with a certain set of parenting factors and roles fulfilled then it increases the chances that the child will become a high performing adult.The book is notable both for what it says, and for the caveats. Both are well done. The book does not guarantee that if the steps are followed and the roles fulfilled that the child will be successful. As a parent and an academic, I appreciate the realistic framing.Also, the book notes that this system seems to work across the divides in our intersectional world.The book identifies eight roles that parents of successful children tend to take: early learning partner, flight engineer, fixer, revealer, philosopher, model, the negotiator, and the GPS.The book first establishes the theory, the statistical techniques, and the evidence for the success of the Formula. In addition to scratching my researcher itch, the book makes a common sense, story based appeal to parents across the spectrum of backgrounds and inclinations.Honestly, even if the book was not so well researched and compelling, the messages on how to parent are excellent and would be great to be applied for anyone trying to raise a child.Both of the Reasonable Reviewer team spent considerable time as single parents, and we agree that this book would have been very useful as a guide for us. We will try to more fully follow the advice in the more limited role as grandparents.The book goes into significant and useful detail on what each role comprises, and what its limits are.Well done!The one thing that could have rounded out the book was the motivation of the child.The book, to its credit, mentions that parents (of successful adults) usually suffered some misfortune as child that motivated them to ensure their own children did not suffer in the same way.That said, unless the child experiences some "badness" in his or her life then the child will not be motivated to pursue excellence either. Hidden in the stories in the book are examples of motivators for the children too, seeing violence on the streets, having people close to them struggling with addictions, ...That last factor explains why so many children of very successful people are good, adequate, but not exceptional performers.There is a generational lesson in all that. If our children do not experience some hardship, challenges, and failures early on in life then they will never reach for the stars and become all that they can be.All in all though, this is an excellent book that is well structured, well thought out, and very applicable to anyone raising a child to be all that he or she can be.
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn the Formula now
I wish I had this booking while raising my own children. I would recommend anyone raising children today to memorize the formula for raising children with smarts, agency and purpose. Although many parents feel they have the proper intuition, this book gives you the strategic reasoning necessary for raising successful children.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Ideas About How to Raise Children to be Successful Adults
I read a lot of these books and this one is among the better ones. More anecdotal than true research but still very interesting. It uses Ivy League status as a measure of success so if that bothers you skip this book.
Formula: An Ok read for parenting tips
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Great book
Pleasure reading this book.
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Imported From: United States
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Editorial Reviews
Review
""If you are a parent or plan to be, read this book. You'll learn what you can do—and there is a lot you can do—to help your child succeed in the fullest sense of the word. Beautifully written, impeccably crafted. I loved it.""
—Angela Duckworth
""The Formula is for all parents who want to be powerful advocates and strategic partners for their kids. Refreshingly practical, it unpacks what parents of high-achieving adults did to help their children be successful and happy. I recognize so many of these traits in my wonderful parents.""
—Dr. Bridget Terry Long, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
""With over 40 years of education experience, I have learned that a child's success isn't solely dependent on grades or standardized tests. Success, starts first and foremost at home, with parents that support an intrinsic motivation for their children to reach their fullest potential. However, just as children have different learning styles, parents, as well, have different parentingstyles. The Formula masterfully combines the latest research with compelling, real-life stories and introduces us to different parenting styles and provides a formula for teaching, motivating, and empowering successful children.""
—John D. Couch, Apple's first VP of Education and coauthor of Rewiring Education
The Formula pursues an important question that social scientists, preoccupied with explaining the problematic outcomes of childhood, seldom address: the role parents play in developing children—regardless of their race, class, or national origin—who become extraordinarily successful in life. Ferguson and Robertson's compelling analysis of data collected on the life stories of interesting people who change the world is a must-read.""
—William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University
"
About the Author
Tatsha Robertson, MA, is an award-winning editor and writer with more than 20 years of experience handling investigative, feature, and news stories for leading magazines and newspapers. As the first female New York City Bureau Chief and National Rover for the Boston Globe, she began studying how parents raise successful children some ten years ago. She pioneered Essence magazine's focus on investigative and news articles, which led to the positioning of the magazine as a significant authority and voice on news and led to an interview with President Obama on parenting. Most recently, she was a senior editor at People, where she focused on crime stories. She has been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University since 2005. Ms. Robertson has been a frequent guest on national media, appearing on programs like TODAY and for television networks that include CNN, HLN, FOX, and MSNBC. A prolific writer, Robertson recently co-authored Media Circus with Kim Goldman. She is also completing a thriller. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and earned a bachelor's degree at Morris College and a master's degree in journalism at The Ohio State University.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars “The Formula” in the hands of every parent. Every child has the potential for a successful lif
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to read
I enjoyed reading this book
5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for parents and every member of a child's village!
As an active and involved aunt to two nieces and three nephews, I was looking for advice to support my siblings' efforts at setting up their children for success. "The Formula" is a thoughtfully written guide for when to allow your children to struggle to learn on their own and when to nudge them along, the importance of play in learning and development and fostering the passion for learning. An enjoyable must-read.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on how to parent successful kids
This is a fascinating study...the result of 15 years of research. The findings validate what some parents instinctively know. There are things you can do to give your child a strong foundation regardless of family income, race, or socio-economic circumstances. These are universal truths. Reading together from a young age, for example. So many helpful insights. This is an important and ground-breaking book.
4.0 out of 5 stars A common sense, well provinanced book on parenting exceptional children
I received this book specifically to write a review of it, but I do my best to be honest and open in all my reviews.(Please see the enclosed pictures.)The premise of the book is that exceptionally performing adults start as children, and that if those children are raised with a certain set of parenting factors and roles fulfilled then it increases the chances that the child will become a high performing adult.The book is notable both for what it says, and for the caveats. Both are well done. The book does not guarantee that if the steps are followed and the roles fulfilled that the child will be successful. As a parent and an academic, I appreciate the realistic framing.Also, the book notes that this system seems to work across the divides in our intersectional world.The book identifies eight roles that parents of successful children tend to take: early learning partner, flight engineer, fixer, revealer, philosopher, model, the negotiator, and the GPS.The book first establishes the theory, the statistical techniques, and the evidence for the success of the Formula. In addition to scratching my researcher itch, the book makes a common sense, story based appeal to parents across the spectrum of backgrounds and inclinations.Honestly, even if the book was not so well researched and compelling, the messages on how to parent are excellent and would be great to be applied for anyone trying to raise a child.Both of the Reasonable Reviewer team spent considerable time as single parents, and we agree that this book would have been very useful as a guide for us. We will try to more fully follow the advice in the more limited role as grandparents.The book goes into significant and useful detail on what each role comprises, and what its limits are.Well done!The one thing that could have rounded out the book was the motivation of the child.The book, to its credit, mentions that parents (of successful adults) usually suffered some misfortune as child that motivated them to ensure their own children did not suffer in the same way.That said, unless the child experiences some "badness" in his or her life then the child will not be motivated to pursue excellence either. Hidden in the stories in the book are examples of motivators for the children too, seeing violence on the streets, having people close to them struggling with addictions, ...That last factor explains why so many children of very successful people are good, adequate, but not exceptional performers.There is a generational lesson in all that. If our children do not experience some hardship, challenges, and failures early on in life then they will never reach for the stars and become all that they can be.All in all though, this is an excellent book that is well structured, well thought out, and very applicable to anyone raising a child to be all that he or she can be.
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn the Formula now
I wish I had this booking while raising my own children. I would recommend anyone raising children today to memorize the formula for raising children with smarts, agency and purpose. Although many parents feel they have the proper intuition, this book gives you the strategic reasoning necessary for raising successful children.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Ideas About How to Raise Children to be Successful Adults
I read a lot of these books and this one is among the better ones. More anecdotal than true research but still very interesting. It uses Ivy League status as a measure of success so if that bothers you skip this book.
Formula: An Ok read for parenting tips
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Great book
Pleasure reading this book.
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